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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
filler
    n 1: used for filling cracks or holes in a surface
    2: 100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary
    3: copy to fill space between more important articles in the
       layout of a magazine or newspaper
    4: anything added to fill out a whole; "some of the items in the
       collection are mere makeweights" [syn: makeweight,
       filler]
    5: the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Filler \Fill"er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.
      [1913 Webster]

            'T is mere filler, to stop a vacancy in the
            hexameter.                            --Dryden.
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            They have six diggers to four fillers, so as to keep
            the fillers always at work.           --Mortimer.
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   2. (Paint.) A composition, as of powdered silica and oil,
      used to fill the pores and grain of wood before applying
      paint, varnish, etc.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   3. (Forestry) Any standing tree or standard higher than the
      surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as coppice
      under standards. Chiefly used in the pl.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Filler \Fill"er\, n. [From 1st Fill.]
   A thill horse. [Prov. Eng.]
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for filler:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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